Ok, so I know Manning, Manning, and Brady don't move in the pocket and have won their share of SBs, but I'm a bit distressed after watching the Colts/Chiefs game yesterday because the more I watched the QBs in that game, the more my mind kept saying 'That is a sack if its Matt Ryan'. Alex Smith moved very well against pressure and also got first downs with his feet diving forward instead of sliding, and Luck picking up that fumble and instead of falling on it scores a TD? That was a huge play in that game, and Ryan would have fallen right on that ball so he could 'live to play another down'. I have to wonder how many more games we might have won this season if Ryan had a bit more mobility in that crumbling pocket. I'm seeing it more and more as a hindrance to his overall 'elite' ability, more so than his deep ball which has improved the past two years [assuming he has the time to throw it]

_________________"I am certainly not afraid to have Brian Finneran on the field. Has he ever not made plays? He just makes plays. He is one of those guys that just makes plays. He is dependable."

Matt has been pretty much everything he was advertised/feared to be. I thought the same thing watching that game as well as the Saints/Eagles. Brady, Manning, C. Palmer....can you think of any other similarly immobile starting QBs in the league. It certainly puts pressure on the rest of the O.

Ok, so I know Manning, Manning, and Brady don't move in the pocket and have won their share of SBs, but I'm a bit distressed after watching the Colts/Chiefs game yesterday because the more I watched the QBs in that game, the more my mind kept saying 'That is a sack if its Matt Ryan'. Alex Smith moved very well against pressure and also got first downs with his feet diving forward instead of sliding, and Luck picking up that fumble and instead of falling on it scores a TD? That was a huge play in that game, and Ryan would have fallen right on that ball so he could 'live to play another down'. I have to wonder how many more games we might have won this season if Ryan had a bit more mobility in that crumbling pocket. I'm seeing it more and more as a hindrance to his overall 'elite' ability, more so than his deep ball which has improved the past two years [assuming he has the time to throw it]

Upgrade the interior and you'll give Ryan the ability to step up in the pocket. He can do that well. The problem is that interior pressure thanks to this team's poor decisions and mishandling their guard/center spots has hurt Ryan.

It's one of the reasons why I'm not thrilled with the prospect of using our top pick on a LT, because it's not nearly as valuable a position for a QB such as Ryan. If Ryan was actually a scrambler that needed to escape the pocket to make plays and throws, then having a good LT would be a premium, so he can always have the edge. But since he's not, it's about the interior that needs to be strong, not the tackles.

But of course the Falcons have it backwards. Let's pay Sam Baker $41 million and go into a 3rd straight year with a mediocre Garrett Reynolds starting at RG. It would have been much smarter to pay Andy Levitre $41 million and go into a year with a mediocre Lamar Holmes starting…

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